DOKKEN, die altgedienten kalifornischen Hardrocl Recken, haben die offizielle, digitale Stand-Alone-Single und ein Video zu `Hard Rock Woman´ veröffentlicht, einem Song, der zuvor nur als Teil einer limitierten 7-Inch-Vinyl aus dem Jahr 2020 erhältlich war. Diese Sonderveröffentlichung stand im Zusammenhang mit dem Erscheinen der „The Lost Songs: 1978–1981“ Compilation, die seltenes Material aus den frühen Jahren der Band enthielt. Der aktuelle DOKKEN Longplayer „Heaven Comes Down“ datiert aus dem Jahr 2023.
Don Dokken rekapituliert:
“In 1978 I was living in Manhattan Beach CA. A few blocks from my house there was a vintage music store called Drakes Music. It was owned by Drake Levin who was the original guitar player in Paul Revere & the Raiders. We got to be good friends and after a while he asked me if I’ve ever recorded in a professional studio. When told him no, he offered to put me into a professional recording studio and do some songs on down time: very late at night when the studio was empty. Drake hired Bill Lordon on drums and Rusty Allen on bass who were both playing with Robin Trower at the time. We recorded two songs: ‘Hard Rock Woman’ and ‘Broken Heart’.”
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